Doctor Who 11x06 Reaction

[@JustSoShayla]

Totally forgot about Monday's upload haha. I am on vacation so my days are all jumbled up. I will make sure to post my next Who reaction this Saturday as a make up. Hope you all enjoy this video!

[@davidrandall3978]

JustSoShayla Don’t fret about Monday, just enjoy your break x (Pinged you a tweet btw about an art project)

[@Wannabe_Baby]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy your vacation. :)

[@luciasantiagotaylor8817]

Have a good holiday! Great reaction, worth the wait! x

[@hellsingmongrel]

The aliens hurt the Doctor's head because the Doctor has mild telepathic abilities. Also, I'm glad you've been enjoying these episodes! Your impressions if the two eps you didn't react to on camera pretty much match mine: "Ok, that was an episode. Not bad." for the spiders, qand "Now THIS is a Doctor who episode!" for the Pting episode. XD And yeah, Thirteen is definitely a lot more open. She REAAAALLY wants to have friends again. And those were my thoughts on the companions, too. I liked all three of them, but felt there were too many to build a proper connection to any one. If we'd only had one or two, then it might have been better, but I can't name one of them that I would want to see leave.

[@booradley8895]

@@davidrandall3978 Ptinged you a tweet surely

[@davidrandall3978]

An episode about honouring the unknown dead, originally airing (in the UK) on November 11th. Remembrance Sunday. The centenary of the Armistice. This was beautiful.

[@adzinco6916]

they switched this with it takes you away and i think that's the reason why

[@weescotspaul]

Watch the end credits, then switch off when the next time trailer comes on. The credits are accompanied by an Indian/Eastern themed style of music playing the actual Doctor Who theme.

[@davidrandall3978]

Paul Curran I’d forgotten about that. It’s by Shahid Abbas Khan and it’s beautiful. It’s on Spotify open.spotify.com/track/5clTqqW7uLLOxd1XQKxXDY?si=x8hAm9CNSB6iZUx4ttUvZg

[@abstractnonsense3253]

The music for S11 was pretty good, especially in this episode.

[@kalakritistudios]

David Randall kzbin.info/www/bejne/e16VXoCmfZhoY9k

[@oldwebshooter]

One day we'll have a reactor who doesn't miss off the end theme. Probably cut off due to watching.... borrowed episodes ...

[@weescotspaul]

@@oldwebshooter To be fair, I don't fault Shayla for switching off as soon as the end credits roll because it avoids being caught unawares by spoilery "next time" trailers. In the case of this episode, though, I think it's worth the risk.

[@thetwelfthdoctor9892]

In my humble opinion, this is the best episode of series 11 and one of my favourite episode of New Who.

[@cait812]

This and Kerblam are my favourites.

[@inkmaster5480]

@@cait812 I couldn't agree more.

[@dox8079]

no i don't think so. this episode is shit

[@joeduffy4547]

@@dox8079 Why do you think that, it would be nice to hear a reason behind your statement?

[@Jim_The_Fish]

chos couldn’t disagree more. This episode was beautiful.

[@lazy1119]

This is where series 11 gets a bit classic who in it's approach, this one is very 1st Doctor with its smaller scale and focus on history. One of the best if the series for sure

[@ElectroTherapyFTSoul]

That's why I actually really love Series 11. From the stories to the investigative and problem-solving teamwork relationship of the TARDIS team, I think it's the most modernized Classic Who we've gotten yet.

[@daffy8995]

I agree; I felt like this series had a very classic Who feel. I like it.

[@DentonXV]

Since they're not going to be reacted to, I may as well say that I really like episodes 8 and 9 too. It Takes You Away is a wonderfully twisted fairy tale style episode, and Alan Cumming as King James VI is the greatest cheese and ham performance I've ever seen. It's glorious.

[@Gabri3lB_]

Why they're not going to get a reaction?

[@CountScarlioni]

@@Gabri3lB_ Shayla never reacts to every episode as it would take too long too edit along with all her other commitments. So with each series she focuses on stories recommended as important either for continuity or for their notoriety. She still watches everything inbetween though. Personally I think she should have included Kerblam! as I consider it one of the series' strongest outings, but there you go.

[@inkmaster5480]

I thought that the ending felt a bit rushed for The Witch Finders. Also, the Doctor essentially breaking up an entire universe in the form of a frog is just next levels of I-can't-even.

[@osumarko]

There is something really beautiful about aliens that watch over people who die alone and unnoticed. Great episode.

[@bohdan_lvov]

And creepy

[@xHopex1000]

In the UK this episode aired on the 100th anniversary of the World War 1 armistice. So for me at least, the theme of remembering those who'd died without witness was particularity resonant on that day. Also, if you watch carefully you'll notice a few shots of poppy's, which is of course a famous symbol of remembrance of WW1 :)

[@chancehouston2897]

Alex T At least in the UK

[@spyderkb9894]

Thecruelandcowardlyone, it is that way here in the US as well. Though we call them poppies over here.

[@chancehouston2897]

spyderkb I honestly didn’t know that. You think they would’ve taught that to us already.

[@chancehouston2897]

Damn Americans

[@spyderkb9894]

Oi! We may have been late to the party, but we turned up. And we honour those who “gave all” same as you.

[@KatieRuby]

I completely agree with your opinions on the companions. The problem with having three is that very often, one (or more) is sidelined. This series Yaz is very much there to just ask questions and that's it, we don't get to know a whole lot about her which is a shame. My favourite is Graham and I do think Bradley Walsh's performance is pretty solid. However considering that these companions have a similar amount of episodes as companions like Martha and Donna, it's crazy the difference in the amount of info and development that is dedicated to each of them!

[@NankitaBR]

Completely agree. They tried to have a "fuller" tardis inspired by classic who, that used to have multiple companions, but the problem is that although classic who had smaller episodes (30 minutes or less) the episodes were organized in arcs of many episodes (meaning that one single story was divided in many episodes, giving the story more time), which meant that the companions had more screen/story time, giving the writers the opportunity to make a better character development of the companions. With shorter stories the character development suffers, and 3 companions becomes too much. I really like them all and wish I could get to know them better, but either the series needs more episodes or one of the companions has to leave.

[@theadamabrams]

I think part of the issue was introducing them all at once. Amy and Eleven traveled just the two of them for a few episodes before adding Rory, and then River became more frequent. We got to know each of them separately. With S11 all three companions are added in at once, and I think that made it harder to connect with any of them.

[@iansmith4023]

@@theadamabrams Only Bradley Walsh stands out (partly his age, perhaps;but mostly the actors charisma). The other two (whether it's the actors or their characters) lack any obvious personality,and just seem to be in the background.

[@ftumschk]

I guess the most blatant examples of "sidelining" were in Peter Davison's era, who also often had three companions. Adric spent most of _Black Orchid_ mooching around a picnic buffet and stuffing his face with food. Nyssa fell ill at the start of Ep1 of _Kinda_ and was confined to bed until the last minute of the story, but she got off lightly compared to Turlough and Tegan, who spent most of _Terminus_ trying to escape after being trapped in a service duct. The robot Kamelion joined Tegan and Turlough aboard the TARDIS in _The King's Demons_ , but he proved pretty useless and sat out the next five stories until they got rid of him in _Planet of Fire_ . In fact, the 3-companion formula has been a bit hit-and-miss throughout the history of Doctor Who, and I'm surprised that an über-fan like Chris Chibnall fell into the trap.

[@Mr_M_]

12:37 fun bit of trivia. That sound you were trying to impersonate is called the "sting", which is obviously part of the closing theme tune. So if you're ever tyrying to look up something regarding that sound then that's its name :D

[@mekonta]

I used to love the way the sting wobbled and bubbled towards the end during the Tom Baker days. The Genesis of the Daleks LP had it nice and clear and was played to death in my bedroom. There was a time where I could recite around 80% word for word, I played it that many times.

[@DentonXV]

This is probably my favourite episode of the series (followed closely by Rosa and Resolution). I adore the historical, cultural, and emotional weight this episode carries, and how it beautifully impacts the Doctor and her companions. And the supporting cast is great too, with Premm being a major highlight.

[@judgemario]

How they could devote an entire to Yaz and we come away feeling no closer to her is a bummer.

[@lordfreeza1]

Graham is the only companion that stands out in the entire season

[@magus104]

He is amazing but at the same time a lot of that comes from the relationship with Ryan too. So while Ryan isnt as great stand alone its them together that adds to it. Though he also probably could have made a great stand alone companion but since they killed off Grace he wasnt just going to leave Ryan behind. Yaz is utterly useless. a copy who forgot shes a cop. Lets men threaten to shoot her mom right in front of her face. meh its ok the right to bear arms in the UK and all that. The woman who plays Grace was so amazing right from the start. People want a reshoot of the last season of game of thrones. screw that I want a redo of season 11 Dr who. give Yaz the ax. Maybe have her be a guest like she was in episode 1 all that still went down. So her and Ryan are communicating again, they have this one off episode with Yaz since this episode was pretty good though it could have stood by itself without the take alien threat. Then have it be Ryan Graham and Grace going through time. Grace had personality and could act

[@lordfreeza1]

@@magus104 it all boiled down to the crappy writing. If you are going to tell a story with multiple characters, give each character a story arc and growth potential. dont waste them on agenda poltics and other bs like that. tell a story and make it good!

[@darrenbradleytwin]

Not just as companion but as a whole. Probably why he tops all the polls I've seen, even beating Thirteen by almost double the votes in some for 'Best Character' as well as 'Best Performance', something unprecedented in this series.

[@ABrecher]

One of the few times in Who history that a companion is older than the actor who plays the Doctor. I think it actually worked well (Bradley Walsh is so good) but it does make Jodie Whittaker feel a bit like a second fiddle.

[@mkitten13]

This episode really fascinated me, because it was a part of history I simply cannot recall ever be mentioned in history class. This huge event with so many casualties, and I never heard of it before this episode.

[@ConnorEllisMusic]

You clicked off before you could hear the Indian Style Doctor Who theme. It's so beautiful.

[@JustSoShayla]

I heard it on the soundtrack after :)

[@majkus]

Most of the reactors to this episode missed reacting to the closing music; a pity.

[@darrenbradleytwin]

I thought it was a bit pretentious.

[@purpleantidote6120]

Tbh it isnt that great so she didn't miss our much.

[@Jim_The_Fish]

JustSoShayla Glad you got to hear it. It was beautiful.

[@davidcave5426]

Once you're "caught up", why not start checking out selected stories from the ORIGINAL series? If you do, PLEASE remember it was decades ago with much smaller budgets! But the stories and acting are there.

[@darrenbradleytwin]

Superior stories at that too.

[@peternolan5501]

I loved that this originally went out on the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI and featured a vet telling an ultranationalist "No. What you're doing *isn't* what we fought and died for."

[@Wannabe_Baby]

I loved your Flatline reference at the end. :) Firstly, I read the community tab and congratulations on finally being caught up with Doctor Who! No more need to worry about spoilers! This is my favourite episode of season 11. I just think it's a very charming, bittersweet story and the aliens have a cool design. It's interesting you say that Yaz is your favourite companion because she's the one I WANT to like the most because I think she could be something really special (and the actress responded to me in a Reddit Q&A, so she's aces in my book). I just think she feels underutilised, like her police knowledge doesn't come into play enough and even in this episode, it feels more about her family than about her. Hopefully she gets more time to shine in season 12.

[@JustSoShayla]

Feel the same way. She is my favorite in hopes I get to see more of her character instead of her family.

[@moonchild712]

I hate what Prem's brother became and allowed him to be killed but I do love the Thijarians evolving to watchers and honoring the dead

[@Rhewin]

"My references to body and gender regeneration are all in jest ^.^" is possibly one of the best quotes from Jodie. So Doctorly awkward!

[@Jim_The_Fish]

Shayla: Graham is such a Teddy Bear Me: “Teddy Graham”

[@fantell]

That equal level you're talking about is why i came back earlier this year and was like, ok time to knuckle down and watch these, its gotta be better than the first few episodes, (the whole falling from space and surviving hitting hard enough to penetrate a train roof and just being fine really just put me off immediately.) which i remembered only because i knew I'd seen some. Had to watch them again to remember what it was even about, then carried on watching until i got to the last episode, being surprised every time I recognised a new episode until i realised i HAD knuckled down and watched every episode last time, and simply didnt remember because they were not at all noteworthy.

[@danlyle531]

I definitely agree that the Doctor is now a lot more open than ever before, especially compared to 12. I feel this is actually a change that Clara made. Clara taught the Doctor to be less scared of his emotions and the emotions of others, and now the Doctor has regenerated, I think this has become a huge part of her personality

[@firefly24601]

This is my fav episode of this season! Yaz is my favorite companion of the three, too!!

[@maxeyre2024]

Really? I thought Graham and Ryan were more well established, and Yaz didn’t have a lot to do aside from this episode.

[@Darth_Nycta_13]

Time Lords/Galifreyans are more telepathic than humans so that could be why the doctor is more sensitive to the messages or at least that was my theory

[@kofrixguia995]

Ya i agree with your theory I mean in the Classic Who 3rd and 2nd Doctor can create a door way easily with their mind, 10th can enter the french girl's mind (forgot her name) and 11th can also enter someone's mind by just hitting his head.

[@Darth_Nycta_13]

@@kofrixguia995 Yeah it's not as if we've not seen the doctor use telepathy before.

[@zemoxian]

Kofrix Guia Madame de Pompadour. For some reason I tend to associate her with Elvis’s hair. I’m not certain but I think there’s a tenuous connection there.

[@hilzabub]

This and "It Takes You Away" were my favourites of the season. Graham is amazing. He's fantastic. I love him. Ryan eventually grows on me, and I liked Yaz right from settling the parking situation in episode one. Episodes like this give me hope for season 12.

[@mllanelly2964]

Really solid episode. But it was the perfect moment for the doctor to give the whole "you can't change time to save people" speech to Yaz if she tried to save him... Could have really got more into who the 13th Doctor is and how traveling with her isn't all sunshine and rose's but they didn't. This whole series feels like a lot of solid stuff with missed opportunities. Great reaction as always

[@liamgallone2035]

The second half of this series is so much stronger. I am a tad disappointed that you don´t react to Kerblam, which is my favourite episode of series 11. This is my second favourite ;)

[@Utylike]

"I don't know if I like that, or if I didn't like that. It felt like an episode." Behold, Season 11 described.

[@ABrecher]

Particular the bit about all the episodes being on a flat line. Probably the #1 word I'd use for this season is "meh". Not that it was bad TV, for the most part, just very little that stood out -- especially in the first half of the season. (11.7 and 11.11 were better, though, and 11.9 was fun even if it didn't entirely come together, but otherwise...)

[@shanedaley6236]

Yap just meh put it on in the background type of thing there's a few episodes worth a rematch but not as much as past series which would be most of the episodes

[@xxdavecz3811]

it's like most of episodes of first 4 seasons, just meh, at least there is potential, Russell T Davies was "master" of meh episodes

[@MarcelNL]

I think they're worse than meh, although there were episodes that I didn't really dislike. One recycled storyline of 2 older episodes actually is pretty nice, if you ignore a few irritating points. It is very clear that this season was written for a completely different audience than earlier ones.

[@cait812]

@@xxdavecz3811 Cant think of many "meh," episodes in Season 4 or 1. Very few of them. Those seasons are much better and more consistent than this season.

[@Domihork]

I can't believe you skipped the end credits... Also about the companions - I couldn't agree more.

[@crystald.6902]

Your thoughts on companions and episodes is super interesting. I think it truly makes a difference in how your opinions form when you’re watching this on your own versus watching the episodes as they air. I, like many others, like Graham and felt that Yaz doesn’t stand out. At this point, I felt that I hadn’t really been able to see what this Doctor’s all about. She didn’t have anything that set her apart from the others. I also considered “Rosa” and this episode to be leaps and bounds better than the others up to this point.

[@zartig09]

The end credit music is the theme song but a style fitting to the episode.

[@mikebarlow214]

I was thrown off a bit when this didn't drop on Monday, but it was definitely worth the wait! I had missed this episode when it first aired, and watched it for the first time yesterday. It reminded me of "Father's Day" in Series 1, where everyone had to be careful to NOT mess up a personal timeline.

[@brianbrannau7038]

This episode was so awesome to me because it was an episode that REALLY showed me someone else’s history. Because even though I’m American most of America’s history comes from the Europe (mainly if you’re also white). So an episode like Rosa feels like an incredible dive into “my” country’s past, which is always amazing and eye opening, while this episode my reaction is “WOW I’ve actually learned something about the rest of the world”. Cause when it comes to Africa, Asia, Australia and a few other countries/continents we learn either the most general knowledge (or nothing at all) so it was a genuinely educational experience watching this episode as well as it keeping me on the edge of my seat.

[@Jamienomore]

The end music was the Doctor Who Theme. I Loved this Episode and what was said about Partition was true. Good Reactions. I talk to my self a lot. It's the only time I get an Intelligent Conversation. (Just Kidding)

[@suncore598]

Like I mentioned in the comment section of your 11x01 reaction, this is one of my favorite S11 episodes. It's a beautiful, emotional take on a dark period of history. I love the music that was played over the closing credits. It's the kind of music that gets to you on a spiritual level. "Graham is such a great guy" IMO Graham is the MVP of the season.

[@azizuladnan2957]

2:28 - 2:34 Can someone make a remix of her just trying to find the correct name for Pting? XD

[@JustSoShayla]

Omg.

[@lucius_black94]

What happened to Mondays episode?

[@JustSoShayla]

Was on vacation haha, didn't realize it was Monday until Tuesday happened.

[@chronics23]

Solid episode once again! Edit: Graham was one of my favorite things about this season just the character you dont want anything bad to happen to.

[@Nemophilist850]

He's pretty much the only good thing about season eleven in my opinion. Yaz is anonymous most of the time and the only interesting thing about Ryan's characterization is all over the place.

[@DiamondFire]

What do you mean once again there's like 3 good episodes in s11 and 1 or 2 alright ones

[@chronics23]

@@DiamondFire solid and alright are the practically the same thing

[@chronics23]

@@Nemophilist850 true

[@callumbutler1378]

This is the only episode of season 11 that really stuck out to me

[@Kasterborous1963]

Same with me. Loved this episode. Didn't like the rest.

[@DiamondFire]

Kerblam?

[@obiwankenobi687]

DiamondFire the acting in Kerblam let it down. Aka...every scene with Ryan

[@callumbutler1378]

@@obiwankenobi687 I can't tell if Ryan's actor is bad or its just the person writing and directing him thats inept and can't do their job

[@obiwankenobi687]

Callum Butler definitely Ryan, he drains the energy out of every scene he’s in. I don’t know whether it’s a Brit thing because it seems that everyone outside the UK either hasn’t noticed or thinks he’s fine but then everyone inside the U.K collectively thinks he’s abysmal.

[@shadaxe]

In previous season's I think you can argue that the Doctor isn't necessarily the star of the show. Sure, his name is on the front of the Marquee and he is in every episode but it's the companions who travel with him that get the most character growth and who eventually save the universe. Except of course for Bill, and she straight out gets boned. Rose saves the universe in heroic fashion, twice. Martha Jones walks the earth in order to make the Doctor's plan work and save the Earth. Donna Noble both saves the Doctor's life and defeats Davros. Matt Smith's run is basically built around the personal growths of Amy Pond, and Clara Oswald. Previous Doctor incarnations are almost there as recruiters who find special people and lead them to their special destinies. At some point, Modern Doctors almost always step back and play second fiddle to their companions. We almost miss that because the Doctor's role is usually played as larger than life. Naturally, when those actresses left the show they always seemed to leave to great opportunities in much bigger things. For this Doctor, the companions are just sort of buddies hanging around. None of them is particularly special. Jody could drop these three off and grab three new "friends" in the next episode and it wouldn't make much of a difference. And they have had much less opportunity to show off their acting chops than companions who came before them. None of these three is going to find themselves playing a roll in an Avenger's movie. Ironically, despite the companions not doing much, you will still find comments on these reviews from people who think that Graham has been allowed to upstage Jody. And for me, that is one of the challenges the show needs to overcome with a female Doctor. Like her male counterparts before her, Jody needs to come across as such a big character that taking a back seat to a companion is no big deal. And this is what I think the show loses with these smallish historical stories with no interconnection and no real character growth.

[@SGlitz]

I liked this one, but how did Yaz play 2nd or 3rd fiddle in her own story?

[@anonymes2884]

Yaz is easily the least well served cast member in series 11 IMO, hopefully they fix that in series 12.

[@darrenbradleytwin]

Badly structured, that's why.

[@magus104]

I wasnt a fan of just throwing in these weird aliens that basically served the same role as the glass aliens in the christmas regeneration episode. It just felt like we threw in aliens just to have some alien and then they acted like a threat despite not being one. Though I did find the rest of the story interesting as its not part of history i really paid attention to or learned about in school. Which i think is why they went with such a diverse cast this season because they have a variety of topics they can address. Though I will say I hated the end of this episode. The grandmother should have mentioned something to Yaz when she came back. Like she had to regonize her and know Yaz whole life that she was going to travel back in time at some point. This wedding day was a HUGE part of the grandmothers past theres no way she would forget Yaz was even there

[@daryl9434]

It's not like the series 11 episodes are awful, they are just a little blar comparatively. Some of the stories are interesting but the characters seem to fade into the background more now. We have gotten used to caring about the companions. They feel too disposable. We love to fear to lose them. Graham is lovely but that is as much to do with the fact that it's Bradley Walsh.

[@manicwebb]

I love this episode, but that ending was so hard to watch. The Doctor and her friends want to help, but they're powerless. They have no choice but to turn their backs as a friend gets murdered. That's pretty heavy.

[@tanislater6845]

*Awkwardly fumbles about awkward fumbling* 😂

[@kierankane5994]

You should react to Keblam! Plus you missed Monday’s upload 😔😔

[@Craig-rj4gx]

It's the Kerblam Man

[@BPDouglass]

I feel like you should react to the episode with the kerblam men in it. That episode made this Doctor The Doctor to me.

[@ABrecher]

Well said.

[@jeckjeck3119]

This season is kind of all over the place. And not in good or bad way.

[@shanedaley6236]

Ya to me its just meh when its good it's good and when its bad its bad

[@lcg4936]

That is my problem with this series. Even the best episodes don't "taste" like Doctor Who for me.

[@maxeyre2024]

I honestly would have preferred episodes 7 and 9 to the finale. This series finale was quite underwhelming.

[@KitsyX]

If you count the special as the finale, it's somewhat better, but yeah... The actual finale falls kinda flat (for a finale at least)... Graham's weird character shift for part of the episode bugged me too...

[@MrPaulMorris]

I agree, the finale just seemed out of place in this season of small scale, intimate stories. It felt very forced as if Chibnall had been told, "You have to have a big threat is the finale" so he just threw together the episode, randomly bringing back the character from the opening episode (who should be dead as the Doctor had said the DNA bombs were fast and 100% lethal) and even more randomly have him pose a threat to Earth. Elements were introduced that really didn't go anywhere, like the highly dangerous psychic fields--that just resulted in a bit of a headache when protection was removed--and I was never convinced that this super-powered alien pair would have so readily accepted this obviously ailing and hostile intruder as some sort of god. While far from the depths of 'Arachids in the UK' it was, as you say, underwhelming. Chibnall would have been better resisting the 'big climax' finale formula and stuck to the type of episode that had worked much better through most of the season.

[@ffaristocrat]

@@MrPaulMorris The DNA bombs are fast and lethal because they're keyed to your DNA. They weren't keyed to Tim Shaw's but they were still bad enough to mess him up. She says as much right after they trigger. That's why she gives him the teleporter - leave now and someone might be able to save you.

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

I think the way Chibnall writes is that the development and story we usually get over the course of a season we’re getting over multiple.

[@andrewtickle2367]

Are you going to react to Torchwood after Doctor Who?

[@LanceHerod-n5d]

The lady who played Yaz's grandmother in modern day Sheffield played a different character in the season 4 story the Unicorn and the Wasp. I hope you'll consider reacting to the Sarah Jane Adventures. Despite the show being more kids orientated some of the stories are quite on par with mainstream Doctor Who, plus it's under the excellent Russell T Davies as showrunner.

[@CaesiusX]

So far, for me Graham is the standout favorite. Yaz hasn't really done much yet. And I thought this would be the episode where that changed. But all she did was observe. She wasn't an intrical part of it at all. And we didn't learn any more about her as a person. Meh.

[@jbennie65]

This was a decent Yaz episode. I agree about the companions. I liked Gram right off (I have like the actor for a long time) and I grew to like Yaz. They never gave Ryan's story enough meat. They started to set him up with some nice plot points but then he was just utilized weakly.

[@jackrichardson7020]

This is my favorite episode of the series! Love the music and aliens especially

[@remis.4565]

I do think today is my favorite episode this series, bar perhaps the new year's special...but how quickly have these reactions come to an end?

[@tenmark7055]

Spider episode was really a problem for me - shooting the spider was bad, but locking them in a room until they starve to death was good? 5 year Future Shayla - have you seen anything memorable or iconic yet? A relationship like Peter & Clara? A villain like Missy or Weeping Angels? The Time Lord Victorious? A character like River Song? In 5 years will anything so far stand put to you as a great moment?

[@kidreside1987]

Will you react to KERBLAM too? It’s my favorite of the season, and I hope you like it too

[@cid7016]

I do have a suggestion, you could react to Silence In the Library/Forest of the Dead like a re-watch since we're done with River Song's timeline (I suppose? not counting her audiobook series of course) ooooor the very first episode of the whole show, which is honestly REALLY worth a watch, An Unearthly Child.

[@lukeyread]

Beautiful episode. Even better soundtrack 👌🏼

[@tomfrost2085]

This is a beautiful episode. It focuses a lot on Yaz and her family history and I love that.

[@mekonta]

What do you think we learnt about Yaz's character development in this story? I thought she was wasted in this story, just playing third-fiddle, not even second-fiddle and observing more than interacting.

[@gavingraham2851]

"You are about to die a pointless death. We've got just the thing to cheer you up..." It may not sound like I'm describing my favourite Jodie and the Pussycats episode so far, and perhaps that's because I think that Steven or Russell would have helped make this unforgettably good. If it was meant as a twist to show which side of the religious divide would fall short, then it was signposted too much for me - but it's balanced by a failure to predict the volte face of the Thijarians' motivations. Once we were dealing with another set of cute and cuddly aliens and were just waiting to see just how monstrous the Humans were going to be instead, it was a case of waiting to see the point at which the Doctor cut her losses, in the game of trying to save all the people she could see. A perfect episode would not have had me second guessing like this as I watched, but I was entertained by a very well-acted and atmospheric snapshot of a larger, tragic Partition.

[@obiwankenobi687]

What did you think about the spider episode? It made my skin crawl 😂

[@darrenbradleytwin]

For all the wrong reasons.

[@emmahewis5399]

This doctor is more of a child and its great to see how safe she feels to be childish and the pting is my favourite alien

[@richalan8530]

My favourite episode of this series.

[@tureba]

The actor of the angry brother was really good - you could feel the anger. And the story itself was excellent. However, I wish DW would go back to its roots every once in a while and *not* add some sort of supernatural/alien thing in the middle of some of its stories. The alien demons were pretty pointless and I feel this story might have been even more heartfelt and humane without aliens galore. This episode and the Rosa one might have been better as pure historical ones. I guess I just miss the first doctor's historical stories where it was just humans and history...

[@pauldoerwang4879]

This was my favorite of series 11.

[@Joey15811]

No one likes the spider episode The one after is hated but tbh I find it one of the better stories this season. The Male character is actually a good guy but then killed off for the female person to take the lead in the operation. The pregnant man thing was abit too weird. If they made him looking more alien it would have been better.

[@remis.4565]

My favorite part about that episode is the closing credits, where it plays the Doctor Who theme in flawless Classical Indian style. Segun Akinola killing it!

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

14:30 "to have...." an emotional investment? :)

[@gaynor1721]

Talking about the Season 11 companions, Bradley Walsh, the actor who plays Graham, is very popular here in the UK. He's a part time actor, stand up comedian and full time quiz show host. He's on our TV's at least 5 days a week presenting the UK version of the quiz The Chase with The Beast amongst others, whom Americans will be more familiar with and The Governess, whom Australians will be familiar with. I'll post some links for you to get to see the real Bradley Walsh...

[@mekonta]

I remember him doing a TV commercial for Edam Cheese back in 1986.

[@888bangthory]

Worryingly i liked the episodes not written by Chibnall a lot more, Graham was the only Character I connected with and remotely cared about

[@VampsOnCrack]

I totally agree with you on the companions - it's why I didn't watch to the end of the season. They were there for exposition, and to ooh and aah. They didn't actually DO anything themselves. All the previous companions acted on their own, whether that ended up being a good or bad thing. This season all they do is call the doctor for help. They're not companions, they're assistants.

[@evandavid2816]

As ever, a great reaction to one of the more interesting/compelling episodes of this season, especially with the tragic inevitability of the way that the escalating clash between the two brothers ended - just a few quick points below: a) The aliens make for an OK enough red herring this time around I guess, but might the episode have been better off without them as a sort of early Hartnell-era pure historical story, perhaps? (Even if this wasn't a fixed point in time, you could still have had the dilemma of the Doctor being unable to interfere without unravelling Yaz's personal timeline, after all...). b) I agree with Past Shayla that the emotional connection between the companions and the audience just isn't as strong with this lot as it was with previous post-2005 companions - an interesting contrast with this episode in particular in those terms would be with another episode which also revolved around a companion getting caught up in her own family history, namely 'Father's Day', but which in my view really strengthened our emotional bond with Rose in ways that just didn't happen as much with Yaz this time...I could well be wrong, though! c) An exception to this aforementioned lack of connection - for me, at least! - would be Graham, who gets to deliver some lovely speeches on occasion throughout this season like the 'good men' one here; a tendency which, as I've alluded to before, almost makes him seem more Doctor-y than the Doctor herself at times, yes? (Not that I dislike Yaz or Ryan, you understand; I just didn't connect to them as strongly as I did with Graham...then again, others may see things completely differently, yes?). d) In fact, that's an interesting thought experiment - would the Show have been better off story-wise and/or chemistry-wise if Graham had been the Doctor's only companion for this season, perhaps? After all, you could still have had a pretty compelling story arc of the Doctor helping Graham to rediscover the joy of the Universe after losing Grace, but you might also have been able to build a far stronger emotional relationship between the two than it was possible to get with two other companions also jostling for attention/story time - who knows, by the end you might have had something akin to the bond between the Tenth Doctor and Wilfred Mott, perhaps? (Or, more radically still, what if Bradley Walsh had been cast as the Doctor this season, and Jodie Whitakker had been cast as his companion instead, eh? Again, I want to stress that I don't dislike Jodie's take on the Doctor one bit - in fact, I thought she did a pretty darn good job to be honest; even if the material she had to work with might have sometimes let her down in places - but it's still an interesting idea, yes...?).

[@ftumschk]

Re Bradley Walsh, here's another of his "incarnations" with someone else we know: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haStn52wf5Wtqqc

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

Even if they were assassins it would make sense that they only target specific people. That’s what assassins do.

[@Rob-tj4ss]

u missed keblam and arachnids in the uk

[@mekonta]

Small mercies.

[@ema6838]

Jaz is my favourite companion of this particular Doctor!

[@oldwebshooter]

Stop saying you're caught up when you're finished this series. You know the classic series exists! 😅

[@duggs4456]

Aaah I knew it when you hearted my comment about this episode like an hour ago haha. Great episode.

[@patrickp.9589]

aaaa!!!! watch the end credits! just for the music!

[@Domino2097]

This was a pretty good episode it's a shame your not reacting to 7 8 and 9 cause I think those are all better than 10 😂

[@ftumschk]

Agreed!

[@Alfwin]

This one's definitely the highlight of the season. Solid writing, and beautiful visuals. I especially love the design of the Thijari, they were really cool. I agree with you 100% about the companions, and I think they're definitely the weakest aspect of S11. I quite like Graham, but after watching the whole season, I still don't really know *who* Yaz and Ryan are, nor what their relationship with any of the other characters is.

[@anonymes2884]

Ryan and Graham have a _very_ well defined arc IMO. Yaz is the character we know about as well in episode 11 as we did in episode 1, she even somehow manages to be the least interesting character in this one, which is ostensibly all about her family.

[@Alfwin]

@@anonymes2884 I agree that Ryan and Graham are both pretty well defined in terms of both who they are and their relationship with each other, but that's still only two characters out of four, and one relationship out of six. When the TARDIS is this crowded, one strong dynamic between two characters isn't enough.

[@anonymes2884]

@@Alfwin Yeah, I don't disagree in general. Compared to e.g. Amy + Rory, Rory + 11 and Amy + 11, which all felt distinct and well developed, the relationships aside from Graham + Ryan in series 11 feel insubstantial and somewhat samey. To me it was a mistake to start with 3 companions when they're also introducing a new Doctor but hopefully things will improve in series 12.

[@dresdenfan88]

This was my other favorite episode from season 11

[@magus104]

This episode is also the only good Yaz episode because obviously its about her family. But other than that this whole Yaz is the best shes my favorite of my new companions from the Dr like what? just feels like such a forced thing. And the Trump episode (spiders) legit threatens to shoot Yaz mom in front of Yaz and not once does Yaz remember oh hey im a fricken COP wtf are these guys doing waving guns around especially being in the UK even in the US that wouldnt have been cool and we love guns out here. I just feel like theres a lot of forced interactions with Yaz just to give her purpose and more girl power!!! The doctor cant think of the solution herself because hey apparently you need 2 women working together to come to the same conclusions the male doctor would have come up with on his own. Thats how in interpreted it anyway which is very condescending writing despite not being their intent it is how it actually comes off though. I think they were just trying to make Yaz feel more important and special to the doctor without realizing that it also meant dumbing down the doctor which conflicts with the concept of gender not really meaning anything

[@erickvoshel1]

Hello Just-So-Shayla, Actually, the Doctor is now 4 & a half billion years old due to being trapped in an alternate dimension after Clara "dies" in "Face The Raven" in season 9. The name of the episode is "Heaven Sent" where the Doctor is transported into a glass chamber in an empty castle surrounded by water. The Doctor is menacingly pursued by a terrifying specter called "The Vale" who disables his/her ability to regenerate & kills the Doctor. However, time resets itself & the cycle begins all over again in a "Groundhog Day" scenario that repeats itself over & over again. Imagine if "Groundhog Day" were a horror movie. That's what "Heaven Sent" felt like to me.. The Doctor does manages to get out of the alternate dimension after 4 billion years only to discover that he/she has been trapped in his/her Confession Dial which is the Last Will & Testament of a Time Lord. Hope this helps you out. I also hope you are looking forward to next season as much I am. My Mom & I have watched this season of New Who & we loved it. We thought this was the best season of "Doctor Who" we had seen in a long time. It reminded us of Classic Who, especially, the Opening Title which was very reminiscent of the Patrick Troughton Era of the late 1960s & the theme has the sound of the Classic Era. We also love Jodie in the role & think it's about time that a woman was cast in the lead role. My question is: Why didn't they do this sooner? For me,the Doctor is neither a man nor a woman. The Doctor is an alien being from another world that can change gender & appearance . The Doctor comes from a society where gender is no longer an issue which is why Time Lords can switch gender when they regenerate. As The Doctor explain to Bill that the Time Lords are "billions of years beyond the petty human obsession with gender & it's stereo-types."

[@genemroch7059]

Filler episodes

[@ThePonderer]

This episode is a masterpiece, don’t @ me.

[@datboi42]

That shirt looks comfortable

[@RenatoGPadilla]

Y'know? I kinda like the idea of an Alien Race that makes sure you don't die alone... It's reassuring in a way. I liked this Episode and I understood why it's important, but I feel that is "Who" needs to rely specifically historical stories more than the classic Alien enemies (or the new ones in this case) then something's definitely wrong... That, and The Doctor being treated like kind of a side character on occasion... It just doesn't feel like "Who" anymore. But that's just my 3 Cents! Loved the Reaction! -"Ren".

[@stevesm4]

Very interesting that you mention Yaz as your favourite companion. A lot of people put her last. Not because there's anything inherently wrong with the character or the actor. It's just that she gets so little to do even in this episode which is based around her family. I hope we get more development of her role in the next series and more about the fact that she is a trained police officer. Which was part of the set up and then just referred to in passing very occasionally. Graham is most people's favourite btw. Including mine. I would happily have watched a series with just Graham and Grace.

[@s.l.thecoffeeaddict1657]

Oh, you went straight to the gut wrencher for this reaction. ...bold move. 👍 Loved your analysis of the 13th Doctor.

[@dizzyneigh1085]

What bothers me about this season is that the writing is not on par with previous seasons, I don't blame Jodie cause I have seen her in Black MIrror and Broadchurch and she was AMAZING in both. Also the cast, I like Bradley Cooper but the other two are just two.... stiff? Does that make sense? . There needs to be more connections with the older Doctors. Still can't wait for you to watch the new years special, best one of the season

[@ajivins1]

When's Bradley Cooper going to be in it? As long as he doesn't do that God-awful song!

[@dizzyneigh1085]

@@ajivins1 HAHAHAHAHA XD MY bad Bradley Walsh XD

[@ajivins1]

@@dizzyneigh1085 :)

[@Nemophilist850]

Americans not being able to pronounce Graham always makes me chuckle.

[@glenmcculla6843]

I blame Gram Parsons.

[@Forbidaxe]

And here comes the many comments to tell you to go back and listen to the end credits music carefully...BTW go back and listen to the end credits music carefully. Lol.

[@MarcelNL]

This was the first episode that I saw of this season and I absolutely hated it. What an incoherent mess. It could have made a LITTLE bit of sense if those faces in the end would have been souls that they captured for some weird evil plan to rebuild their home planet. But I think I won't express most of my opinions of this season here; don't want to ruin your mood. :-) The only thing I'll say is that I didn't really dislike Kerblam and the finale with the difficult name. There are 2 surprises in that one, of which one is really nice. There still is plently to complain about in those episodes though, but I can forgive those things for the biggest part. (Although some things really make me facepalm.)

[@theblueboxtardis]

One of the better episodes in season 11. 💯👍

[@obiwankenobi687]

I think all the companionships of series 11 are really bland, the fact there’s so many of them means they all have to fight for screen time so you can never get invested in one before we’re suddenly zipped back to one of the others and their ‘story’. But you talking about Graham’s cancer made me think of how interesting it would be to do a whole season where that’s the main arc. Nothing alien, nothing paranormal, just a very human disease and the doctor doing her best to make sure his last days are as wonderful as they can be. With lots of aliens and creatures in between of course

[@seanred7681]

While I don't like a lot of the aspects of this series, the one thing I did like consistently was Graham, definitely the best companion in my opinion. Now Shayla, I need to make an appeal/plea/straight-up beg. First off, we, your subscribers appreciate the time and effort you put in to youtube and Patreon, you're awesome & we all love your stuff. Someone in your last livestream asked if you were going to react to Stranger Things 3 and you said "Probably not." Now like I said, I appreciate everything you do and the fact that you have life stuff going on - hence why you're not reacting to Shield, and if you REALLY can't do it, fair enough, BUT it's Stranger Things, and more than that, it's Mileven. I know you love the show & them as much as I do so is there any way you could react? It's only 8 episodes again this time, and we'll likely only get 1 more season after this. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see them. In fact...even of you didn't put them on youtube and just put them on Patreon...I SWEAR I will do this, I would be willing to up my tier level to see you react to them, one of my favourite reactors watching my favourite show. Of course, if you really can't do it, it's fine, thanks for all you do, but just think about it? Thanks. ;)

[@Ladco77]

I definitely agree with the Doctor being more open. I see this as a massive shift from 12 and it feels like it's because 12 (and 11) must have felt like just as soon as someone gets close, he loses them. 12 tried to avoid it by being closed off at first, but Clara still got in and losing her drove him literally to the end of the universe. 13 seems to be going full opposite, being open and vulnerable right up front, wanting to make whatever connections are possible for however long they last. I liked this episode. It really felt like proper Doctor Who. I haven't really clicked or bonded with anyone, but this seems ok. It seems like a lot of standalone episodes, but no real larger story arc to make me care about what happens. Bad Wolf.